Magasin Royale
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Magasin Royale was the name given to a trading station under the purview of the King of France. It also applied specifically to two trading stores built along the Humber River
Humber River (Ontario)
The Humber River is one of two major rivers on either side of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the other being the Don River to the east. It was designated a Canadian Heritage River on September 24, 1999....

 by French fur traders in 18th century Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

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The first trading store was built in 1720 as Fort Douville near present day Baby Point
Baby Point
Baby Point is a residential neighbourhood in west end of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was formerly in the City of York, and was two independent municipalities prior to that. It is bounded on the west by the Humber River from south of Baby Point Crescent to St. Marks Road, east to Jane Street and...

 along the Humber River at Old Mills.
The two storey wood structure had a barricade and was home to three traders from June to July 1750.
In fall of 1750 to April 1751 a larger royal store was built along the Humber, this time in the mouth of the waterway with Lake Ontario called Fort Portneuf.
It was named after the French military officer who had been instructed to build the fort, Pierre Robineau de Portneuf
Pierre Robineau de Portneuf
Pierre Robineau de Portneuf, was an officer in the colonial regular troops. He was born on August, 9th, 1708 in Montreal, Quebec, second son of René Robineau de Portneuf and Marguerite Daneau de Muy, He married Marie-Louise Dandonneau Du Sablé on April 22nd, 1748...

 (1708-1761).

Between 1750 and 1759, Fort Rouillé
Fort Rouillé
Fort Rouillé or Fort Toronto was a French trading post located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that was established around 1750 but abandoned in 1759. The fort site is now part of the public lands of Exhibition Place...

 another and larger trading post was built by the French on the shores of Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot language, ontarío means...

, to the east of Portneuf.

All three forts disappeared and only the last fort, Fort Rouillé is still remembered today.
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